This course will focus on enhancing the writing and communication skills of the students through essays, a research paper, vocabulary, and grammar studies. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a variety of classics in world literature from several genres, including novels, dramas, and short stories.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
Animal Farm
Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fables of Aesop
Jewish Fairy Tales
Julius Caesar
Night
The Odyssey
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
This course will focus on enhancing the writing and communication skills of the students through essays, a research paper, vocabulary, and grammar studies. Students also will read and analyze, from a Christian worldview, a variety of classics in world literature from several genres, including novels, dramas, and short stories.
Assignments will be given a point value. To determine the class average, these points will be totaled and divided by the total number of points possible. Tests, projects, and essays are worth a possible 100 points each. The final research paper will be worth a possible 200 points. Classwork, quizzes, and homework are worth no more than a possible 50 points each.
Each day, opening exercises will be completed in a spiral or composition notebook. This notebook will be collected twice a quarter and will be worth a possible 100 points each time.
Textbooks and Other Resources
Elements of Literature
Animal Farm
Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fables of Aesop
Jewish Fairy Tales
Julius Caesar
Night
The Odyssey
Supplies Needed
Three-ring binder with a section for English
Spiral or composition notebook for opening exercises
Blue or black ink pens
Red ink pen
Loose-leaf notebook paper